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Bass jumps in to CA-33 race

By Emily on 02/18/2010 @ 05:15 PM

Tags: Karen Bass, CA-33, US House, Robin Carnahan, Multimedia, POP

Here at EMILY's List, we love to talk about the leadership "pipeline" that's so important to helping women candidates gain experience and get elected at all levels of government. And right now, there's no better example of the pipeline in action than Karen Bass, the current speaker of the California Assembly who has just announced her bid for Congress in California's 33rd congressional district.

Bass, who has been supported by EMILY's List's Political Opportunity Program at the state level, has quickly risen through the ranks of California politics, and now she's in the race to fill the open seat of retiring EMILY's List alum Cong. Diane Watson. Watson gave her full backing to Bass at a news conference yesterday, saying, "I 100% -- maybe 300% -- endorse Karen Bass."

Bass helped us with a video we put together for our 20th anniversary five years ago, speaking about why it's so important that women run for office. It's great to hear from so many of our elected women talking about why they ran.

Take a look (and watch for another pipeline candidate, Missouri Secretary of State

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